The Commission contradicted this assessment and put forward its point of view once more. Large numbers of windows in the penal detention wing were still fitted with additional sight guards. These very considerably prevent both daylight and fresh air coming in. They are fitted not only to windows of cells which are located near the outer wall, but also to those which look onto the inner courtyard. The Commission would like to point in this respect to good alternatives which it found in other prisons and which it described in the previous Annual Report.25 Reaction: It was not possible to meet the demand to remove front mesh wires. These were also not “sight guards”. This designation suggested that they were intended to restrict the view. This was not the case. They were rather intended to prevent objects, in particular drugs, being pulled into the cells by inmates using angling devices. Such objects were not only passed on near the outside wall. The bars were hence fitted in areas which were regarded as being at particular risk. The cells in which cellular confinement is executed or inmates are separated were once more very uncared-for on the day of the visit. Particularly the area between the window and the bars in front was very dirty. Dirt and dust, as well as stains on the walls and on the floor, made the cell unsuitable for occupancy in this condition. There were particular objections to the bars that were fixed to the windows. This prevents it opening more than a narrow gap (roughly 2-3 cm at most). This system does not permit adequate ventilation, leading to extremely stuffy air in the cellular confinement cells, which the Commission was able to convince itself of in situ. Even if the cellular confinement cells are thoroughly ventilated during exercise, such intensive ventilation is not sufficient. The windows were also very dirty around the gap. The cellular confinement cells were furthermore made secure beyond the customary bars on the windows by wire netting. This is inappropriate since the inmates accommodated here are in any case unable to reach the windows because of the bars. Reaction: The hygienic shortcomings in the cellular confinement area had been remedied and a cleaning schedule drawn up. The window bars had been converted to allow more fresh air to enter. The common showers still did not have partitions. The prison governor stated that he would examine ways of fitting partitions. 25 Annual Report 2010/2011, loc. cit., p. 19 58